Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi Jibe Sign Mugabe Has Lost Grip of Warring Party

President Robert Mugabe's threats to descend on war veterans pushing for Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to succeed him are an indication he is losing control of the ruling Zanu PF party that is being consumed by factionalism.

Mugabe invoked the Gukurahandi atrocities where over 20 000 civilians were killed by the Fifth Brigade for supporting the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo in the 1980s as he warned war veterans to stay away from the Zanu PF succession debate.

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